Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is covered by postcode districts SK9 and SK10. It is in the Cheshire East council area, England.
Every postcode in Alderley Edge, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 171
Of the 172 postcodes in Alderley Edge that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3025, longitude -2.2336. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What is it like to live in Alderley Edge?
Homes sold for a typical £520,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 88 of the 171 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 172 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alderley Edge, 250 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Alderley Edge?
Homes in Alderley Edge sold for a typical £520,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 75 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £560,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £520,000
▼ down 7.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SK9 district, Alderley Edge's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Alderley Edge: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Alderley Edge?
1 of the 172 postcodes now in use in Alderley Edge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Alderley Edge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK9 district, 12%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Alderley Edge | Across the SK9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 75 (0%) | 23 of 584 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 99 (0%) | 100 of 859 (12%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Alderley Edge?
Ofcom reports on 171 of the 172 postcodes in Alderley Edge. At 88 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Alderley Edge at risk of flooding?
1 of the 172 postcodes in Alderley Edge has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Alderley Edge?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Alderley Edge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Alderley Edge?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Alderley Edge is Alderley Edge Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- Alderley Edge Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Wilmslow Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
- Chelford Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Alderley Edge?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Alderley Edge. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Alderley Edge Medical Centre350 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Alderley Edge safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 320 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Alderley Edge over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 32 September 2025
- 38 October 2025
- 43 November 2025
- 17 December 2025
- 24 January 2026
- 17 February 2026
- 32 March 2026
- 24 April 2026
- 21 May 2026
- 22 June 2026
- 24 July 2026
- 26 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 8, robbery 4, other crime 3, bicycle theft 2, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Alderley Edge?
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tatton
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Esther McVey (Conservative)
All 172 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Alderley Edge
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cheshire East about council tax Council tax, on cheshireeast.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Alderley Edge
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Alderley Edge postcodes
172 postcodes in use in Alderley Edge, by district:
Those districts are all in the SK postcode area.
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Places near Alderley Edge
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Alderley Edge's £520,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Alderley Edge
- What is it like to live in Alderley Edge?
- Homes sold for a typical £520,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 88 of the 171 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 172 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alderley Edge, 250 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Alderley Edge?
- Alderley Edge is covered by postcode districts SK9 and SK10, across 172 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Alderley Edge in?
- Alderley Edge is in the Cheshire East council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Alderley Edge?
- Alderley Edge is in the Tatton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Esther McVey (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Alderley Edge?
- Homes in Alderley Edge sold for a typical £520,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 75 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Alderley Edge?
- In Alderley Edge, primary schools at its postcodes include Alderley Edge Community Primary School and The Ryleys School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Wilmslow High School, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Alderley Edge have a railway station?
- Yes: Alderley Edge is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Alderley Edge, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Alderley Edge?
- Ofcom reports on 171 of the 172 postcodes in Alderley Edge. At 88 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Alderley Edge at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 172 postcodes in Alderley Edge has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Alderley Edge?
- 1 of the 172 postcodes now in use in Alderley Edge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Alderley Edge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK9 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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